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Sven

Male#309 most common in Croatia2,512 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Young man, boy
Origin:
Old Norse

About the name Sven

Scandinavian name from Old Norse sveinn ('young man, boy').

Popularity with newborns

Sven has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

2,512 people in Croatia are called Sven, according to the 2021 census. That is #309 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Sven is recorded in 20 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

InternationalShortModernModerately common

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.